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In partial response to these statistics, Assistant Dean of the College Karen E. Avery ’87 has started a discussion group of representatives from UHS, college administration, Harvard University Police Department and peer counseling and education groups to look into the issues surrounding sexual assault.
Emergency contraception use was also up, with twice as many Harvard females (13 percent) claiming use of the morning after pill in the last year than their peers (6.7 percent). Emergency contraception is available at UHS 24 hours a day.
Based on the survey results, UHS clinicians are currently undergoing training to better meet the needs of gay, lesbian or transgendered students, according to Hoyt.
“I think this speaks to good access to mental health services at UHS,” Hoyt says.
This statistic has caused great concern at UHS, as research by Harvard professors Graham Professor of Gender Studies Carol Gilligan and Professor of Psychiatry George E. Vaillant has shown that behaviors developed in early adulthood often become life-long habits.